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BBC Two comes to the end of its day.
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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the final six-and-a-half minutes of BBC Two’s late-night coverage of the US Open Tennis.
The presenter is Steve Rider, with in-studio analysis from Mark Cox.
The programme ends with the final minutes of the final between Hana Mandlíková and Martina Navratilova.
[00:06:41] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two slide design – for Sunday Grandstand.
The programme airs later today at 1.55pm on BBC Two.
[00:07:19] CLOCK: the clock marks the end of BBC Two’s day. And at just after twenty-eight minutes to 2am, it’s goodnight from BBC Two.
After 30 seconds of black and silence, test tone kicks in. This would normally run for two minutes. Shortly after this, the overnight shutdown of the transmitter network would be triggered.
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PICTURED: BBC Two clock. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
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